As I took a leave of absence from work, changed jobs, and recurred after I became depressed, I began to see patterns in the work environment that make me more likely to suffer from depression. I hope you find it helpful.
1. Commuting stress
In my case, I live outside Osaka City, but when I was re-employed to work in Osaka City, I was exhausted just by getting on the train.
Depressed people are generally not good at crowding and going out is a hassle, and the rush hour is a combination of the two, so it's too stressful and painful.
I used to commute to work at two stations from my house for a while, but it wasn't a rush, but I felt a lot of stress because there were so many people. I'm likely to get angry when I say, "It's hard even for such an ordinary person! Bokeh!", But I spent about 10 years in the rush hour every day before I got depressed, but the feeling is completely different.
Since I became depressed, I have almost every day the urge to jump into the train due to dizziness, sobbing, and emotional instability . I can understand the feelings of a person who jumps in and commits suicide.
Now that I'm mainly working from home, I'm free from commuting hell and spend every day with a fairly peaceful mind. I feel that the absence of commuting stress is a considerable benefit.
2. Relationship stress
I think that many people with depression are sensitive and delicate. When I go to bed at night, I can't sleep because I'm worried about the sound of the clock, I feel sensitive to the emotions of the people around me when there are many people, and when I listen to the car horn, I have a strong motive even though it doesn't matter to me. Well ... well, these are my cases.
So, if there are people who don't fit in the workplace, people who don't go well with each other, people who simply dislike it, or people who dislike themselves, their eyes and "what do you think?" People tend to feel stressed and nervous when they think or feel something to say. Even ordinary people get tired of meeting people they don't like. That's an extreme feeling, maybe.
Regardless of people's likes and dislikes, they have a special ability to sensitively sense negative emotions, so anger, sadness, and frustration seem to be their own, and the feeling of being hit by those negative emotions makes my heart feel. I was feeling painful and sick.
3. Too much overtime
This is painful regardless of depression, but there is a great risk of depression if you become overtime on a daily basis.
I myself felt that way before the first onset of depression. Of course I had to work overtime, but I left alone in the office to work lonely, lock it, and return on the last train. The last train on the Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line is quite early, so on the contrary, it is crowded with people returning home. That is also stress. I was thinking, "Everyone drinks and is the last train, but why am I the last train at work?" It's a bad tendency.
I used to go to work on holidays a lot, but on the contrary, I didn't feel much stress, strangely. When I think about it now, I think it's because I was working on a holiday, so I didn't have to come to work by 9 o'clock, there was no rush hour to work, and I could work alone in the office. It may have been a positive feeling to think that doing work on holidays would reduce the work on the following Monday a little. You might have thought, "I'm great at working on holidays!"
4. Rewarding work
I think that I was able to do my best because I was motivated by "because it helps someone" and "because it contributes to the world and society." Of course, it's for my family because of the money, but I think I could have continued because I liked the job of a web designer.
It was painful that the hard work was not evaluated. A relatively large site suddenly disappeared during production. I negotiated the compensation for the work, but it was a great mental shock to be able to do nothing. That kind of thing continued, and my heart broke. I became depressed.
5. Work that does not match the skill
This may not be the cause of depression so much, but it may be an unbelievable monster that can be damaged by a combination of various causes.
In my case, the work that did not match my skill was a work that was below my technical level.
I took a leave of absence due to depression and worked as a web designer even after I got a new job, but the work was easy. From my experience as a web designer, I was doing very low-level work every day, so it was easy, but it was boring. It's a daily life without stimulation. In other words, it may be almost the same as a worthless job.
If it was a rewarding job that I could improve, I might have been able to put up with other relationships.
Summary
So, this time I considered the five work environments that cause depression, but I think each person is different. After all, that's it! Well, after all.
By thinking and clarifying what is the cause of your depression in this way, if you create a work environment where you can avoid these (that is, freelance), you will delay your life with a low risk of recurrence of depression. I wondered if it was.
In my case, I was close to my family and there was no stress in my family, and I was worried about money, but it wasn't enough to make me sick (for now). Some people are suffering from depression.
It may be difficult to solve with it, but keep in mind the option of "escape". (Let's stop running away from living)